ACL Meeting Friday, July 14, 2017: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, July 14, 2017, from 9am-Noon at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Amy Cheney and Matthew Lorenzo Named CLA Award Recipients
Amy Cheney Receives Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award from Calif. Library Association – Amy Cheney, librarian with Oakland Unified, was named the recipient of the Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award, given by the California Library [continue reading]
Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My Pants Review
Pastis, Stephan. Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My Pants. Stephan Pastis, Illus. Fiction. Timmy Failure Series; bk. 6. Candlewick, 2017. 264pp. $14.99. 978-0-7636-9733-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-6. Northern California author and cartoonist Stephan Pastis has written [continue reading]
Eyes of the World Review
Aronson, Marc and Marina Budhos. Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Toro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism. Non-fiction. Holt, 03/2017. 294pp. $22.99. 978-0-8050-9835-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro are the [continue reading]
Cities and Towns Storytime (revised)
Cities and Towns (revised) Have the children design their own building using shoeboxes, cereal boxes, and other recyclables as seen here: www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/activities/build-a-box-city Blair, Eric. The City Mouse and the Country Mouse. Bright colors illustrate this [continue reading]
Boxes Storytime (revised)
Boxes (revised) The 2017 summer reading/learning program themes of “Build a Better World,” from CSLP, and “Reading by Design,” from iREAD and the California State Library, both focus on building, construction, and design. Over the [continue reading]
Waddell’s “Farmer Duck” 25th Anniversary Edition Released
Waddell, Martin. Farmer Duck: 25th Anniversary Edition. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Candlewick, 1991/2017. [40p.]. $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-8918-6. Other than a one-page note at the front, this 25th anniversary edition of Waddell’s Farmer Duck has no [continue reading]
A Perfect Day Review
Smith, Lane. Perfect Day, A. Lane Smith, Illus. Picture Book. Roaring Brook, 02/2017. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-62672-536-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2 Some neighborhood animals (cat, chickadee, dog, and squirrel) have perfectly wonderful experiences until a bear comes [continue reading]